|| Shubh VijayaDashami ||…and pl spare a thought for Deganga
Happy VijayaDashami, Durgotsab, Durga Pooja, Dasra and Dussehra to all…
On this auspicious day, let us pledge to do our best to get rid of the three major evils that plague India – poverty, illiteracy and an ineffective, incapable & thoroughly corrupt political leadership – and promise ourselves to work towards building a proud, strong and united Bharat….
And as you go about your day today, please spare a thought for the forgotten residents of Deganga – “Humiliated and simmering with rage, abandoned and forsaken by their own“ – who are not celebrating their most important festival this year. Below, a photograph taken during the immersion of the icon of Goddess Durga at the Ichamati river that divides India and Bangladesh. The other side of the river is Satkhira in Khulna district of Bangladesh. Satkhira is just a few kilometres east of Deganga. The immersion of Durga images at Ichamati is supposed to be quite a spectacle and an occassion of great festivities on both sides of the border. The Hindus of Deganga are unlikely to be at Ichamati this year.
Photograph Courtesy: Press Information Bureau of India.
Somewhat Related: Looting, Clashes, Sec 144, Flag March: The Curious Incident in Deganga
Writing this with a heavy heart. Will Bengal ever be the glorious Bengal of the past? May Goddess Durga give us strength to stand against all evil!
Ramaswamy: I share your sentiments…and I too wonder: Will Bengal ever be the glorious Bengal of the past?
I feel it will become the glorious bengal . the efforts of Hindu samhati are commendable in giving the belligerent community and leadership of muslims residing in Deganga, the taste of Hindu solidarity.
Kudos to Tapan Ghosh and team.
Deganga pales in comparison to West Bengal had brone for the past thirty years. Please bear in mind that in West Bengal the killing field is not merely communal in nature. It has to do a lot with its political culture, the legacy of the Congress and esp. the Marxists.
For the past 40 years or so, starting with the sensational and terrible massacre at Sainbari in Bardhaman district, CPM has unleashed a reign of terror. The major incidents which shook West Bengal’s history and conscience are not Hindu-Muslim related, but rather CPM killing, butchering and maiming all who dare to oppose it.
In 1979 in a place called Marichjhapi, the losers from across the border lost their lives when fired at by comrade Basu’s brutal police force. In 1981 20 Ananda Margis were burnt alive. In 1991 two UN officers were raped and killed in broad daylight. In 1993, 21 in a stark reminder of Jaliwanwala Bagh massacre 20 innocent peaceful people were gunned down by police in Calcutta. In 1992 a school teacher Bimala Dey was murdered in braod daylight for daring to oppose CPM hoodlums. These incidents are only but tips of the iceberg. Since CPM came to power there has been thousands of murder and rape of innocents who opposed the atrocities of the cadres. Just spare a thought for Judhisthir Dalui, whose hands were chopped off by CPM goons for voting against them. For decades CPM fascists and their unleashed cadres ruled rural Bengal with iron hand. For decades (and even now) this fascist communist reign of terror, strangely, had never been highlighted by Indian media.
However all changed with the agitation that began at Singur, and which culminated with the mayhem and mass murder at Nandigram. even the staunch supporters of CPM, the leftist intellectuals bowed their heads in shame.
CPM has always nourished and nurtured communal divisions. They gave away free ration cards to illegal iummigrants from Bangladesh in exchange for votes. They let the communities kill each other as long as their power was safe. Many communal incidents were triggered by their cadres at the instigation of Alimuddin street whenever they found that they were under trouble from a united opposition. Thats a part of their divide and rule policy.
Please spare a thought for all those who have been murdered and butchered in West Bengal for the past 30 years under a draconian Stalinist regime and please join me in condemning the paid/bribed media in ignoring these atrocities.
Shantanu the blogger,
Thanks for putting the question. As a Bengali who built his career outside Bengal and saw the state again very recently, it would be awful to say that there is no easy solution to Bengal’s problems, yet I have to say because that is the truth.
Fresh troubles started in another area but this time district administration defused the tension. I do not know how long would this balancing game would go, but real losers are native Bengalis.
Shantanu the commenter(#4),
Great and very informative comment. Saw your blog, keep up the good work.
Shantanuji,
Muslim criminals strike once again in Deganga, WB
Hindus tortured in Kamarjole, Minakha WB
Jai Bharat!
Linking here for reference: HOW TO WORSHIP GODDESS NAVADURGA DURING NAVARATRI & THE IMPORTANCE THEREOF by Guru Maharaj Shri Hari Swamiji